Sectional food cooker



. Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT o FFlcE.

LETHA FLORENCE ADAMS, F SMITHDALE, MISSISSIPPI.

SECTIONAL FOOD COOKEB.

i I Application filed September 3', 1825. Serial No. 54,345.

is a speciiication,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to cooking. utensils, and particularly tothoseutensils which are designed to be used for cooking and then broughton the table with the cooked food therein. y

One of the objects of the invention is to providea cooking utensilcomprising a plurality of se mental interitting sections, each sectioneing a complete cooking de-v vice in itself. f

A further object is to provide a` dri pan or base upon which thevcooking utensi s are ada ted to rest when placed over the fire totiiereby prevent the bottoms of the vessels from becoming sooted andalso to catch any drip or liquid which may overfiow from the vessel dueto boiling.

A still further'object is to provide means for preventing liquid from avessel which boils over from entering the next adjacent 3 vessel.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. Myinvention is illustrated panying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is aperspectlve view of a culinary utensil constructed in accordance with myinvention; v

Figure` 2 ,'s a perspective. vlew of the coffee pct section of theutensil;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the other sectional cookingvessels;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the structure shown in F' re 1;

in the accom- Figure 5 is a diametrical section through.

' coffee maybe cooked 1n t e pot 14, cereal the base ofthe utensil;

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the base of my cookingutensil consists of a pan or plate, designated generally 10, formed withan inner wall 11 and an outer .wall A12 concentric to theinner wall,this pen being provided with Aa handlek 13.'

in general shape and each bein-segmental in plan view. v v

The vessel 14 constitutes a coffee pot. It has a rounded front wall 17`and an angular lrear wall 18. The front wall is provided with the usualspout 19 and the vesselfiS' provided .with a lid 20 and also with anup-v wardly extending handle 21 extending upi wardly from the rear wallof the 'vessel and extending downwardly nearly to the ate recess .22within which the inner flange 11 is adapted to fit.`

' The vessel 15 is also `arcuately recessed, as

at 22, in the same manner as the vessel 14.

'cover andi' then extendinginwardly orreari Thisvessel has also a curvedfront wall and angular rear walls, but the rear wall 23 extends-upwarda.- considerable distance above' the top of the vessel and is providedwith a perforation 24. The front wall hasa handle 25 whereby the vesselmay be lifted.

Thevessel 16 is of the same sha and character as the vessel 15. Both Qthese vessels 'are provided with covers 26.

rear face of the handle 21 is triangular in form so that theJ upwardextensionsof the rear walls 23 of the vessels 1,5 and 16 may fitagainstthis handle extension.

In the use of this device, the three vessels Aare disposed with theirrecessed lower poras vegetable boilers, cereal boilers, egg

boilers, or for any yother culinary purpose. Thus, for instance, in prearlng breakfast,

maybecooked in the .vessel 15, and el gs may be boiled in the vessel 16.If the co ee pot 'or any othercf the vessels should boil over, theliquid will not pass down into the fire as it would if the vessels weredisposed directly uponthe top of the stove or over an'oil burner, butthe liquid will be caught in the annular channel between the walls 11and 12 of the pan andthe shields which The v are formed by the upwardlyextending rear lll walls 23 will prevent any liquid which may boil overfrom one pot or vessel boiling-over into the next adjacent lpot orvessel. After the cooking has been completed, the vessels may be liftedoff and carried to the table as separate utensils and so used, or ifdesired, of course, the pan itself may be carried to the table with thevessels on it.

It is obvious that while I have illustrated a certain type vof vesselthat the style may be changed and the details of construction may hechanged without departing from the spirit thereof as defined in theappended claims. The devicejis convenient, compact, and in line with thesimplification of household matters that is being carried 0n today.

I claim Y l. A cooking utensil comprising a pan having a circularbottoni, an outer upstanding wall and an inner upstanding Wall, the

two walls together defining an annular receptacle, and a plurality ofintertting cooking utensils adapted to tit within the' inner rim.

2. A cooker of the character described comprising a plurality of vesselssegmental in plan to thereby permit them to be interitted, certain ofthe vessels having their. angular walls extended upward beyond the frontWall, said angular walls constituting i shields to prevent liquidboiling over from one vessel into the next adjacent vessel, each ofthese vessels having curved outer Walls, the lower end of Athe outerWall being 1n-l wardly recessed, and ay pan having 'an outer rlm and aninner rim defining two walls of an annular receptacle, the recessedportlons of the receptacle fitting within the inner tal in form toprovide a front curved wall and two inwardly converging side Walls, thevessels being adapted to fit together within said inner upstanding Wall,the lower ends of the vessels being inwardly recessed to this end,certain of the vessels having their angular walls extended upwardbeyondlthe front wall and constituting shields preventing liquid fromboiling over from one vessel intothe next adjacent vessel, one of saidvessels being provided with a spout upon its front wall, a cover, and anupwardly extending handle at the juncture of its side walls disposedinward of said cover, the other vessels being provided with handles upontheir front walls.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. Y

LETHA FLORENCE AioAMs.`

